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View Entry | Anderson Long, Abraham Rees, Sr. Mary, Lucy, Iredell, Juliet, & Harriet Kittrell, James Agee, John Farrington, Benjamin Motley v. Elizabeth Kittrell, et al. | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
Rees, Long, & the other defendants sued to recover a judgment, against John Fairman and heirs, in their favor decided in a previous suit named and detailed in this case, as well as a judgment against Elizabeth Kitrell, heir of Isaac Kitrell. |
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View Entry | Anthony Foster v. Thomas Hickman | Davidson | Equity |
Foster & Hickman were partners in a mercantile business. They dissolved their partnership. Foster procured the merchandise and each partner paid half for the goods. Following the dissolution the partners did not agree about the equity each held at the time of parting. Depositions by Thomas Crutcher & John Craighead; includes payment records; financial agreements; |
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View Entry | Elihu S. Hall v. Walter H. Overton | Davidson | Land | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | John Mayfield, et al. v. Benjamin Seawell, et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiff: Miarrias Seawell. Additional defendant: George Mayfield. Seawell sued over the ownership and boundaries of a tract of land originally purchased by Southerland Mayfield in 1784. Benjamin Sewell died during the trial. |
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View Entry | Robert Johnson & Abram Boyd, admrs. v. Ann Hope | Davidson | Wills, Contested |
David Beaty died, leaving his sister Anne Hope $400, & land to his neighbor, Johnson. The will asks that his enslaved workers George Landon, Isaac, Lewis, Emma & her children, Sophia, Celia, & Edmund, William, Henry, Charles, Albert, Enos, Eliza, Nancy, Martilla, Cynthia, Matilda, & Angelina, to be given money for living expenses & land in Indiana. Hope sued, contesting the will and this request. She claimed the enslaved would become a nuisance to the community without a master. |
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